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Women’s Colleges and Universities

Women’s Colleges in the United States were primarily founded during the 19th century in an effort to promote the advancement of female higher education. While most colleges and universities today consist of both male and female students, there remain a select-few Women’s Colleges that are gender-exclusive.

In some instances, All-Women’s Colleges offer young females a more inviting student experience in which the day-to-day focus can remain on education rather than secondary social factors linked to dual gender universities.

All Women's Colleges and Universities:

According to a recent National Survey of Student Engagement, most women at All Women's Colleges are more engaged with their academics and education than women at coeducational institutions. Even after controlling for both individual and institutional characteristics, both first-year students and seniors attending All Women’s Colleges reported higher levels of academic challenge.

Both seniors and first-year females at All Women’s Colleges scored higher on active and collaborative learning and degree of student-faculty interaction than did their counterparts at traditional co-gendered colleges and universities.

Furthermore, student's at All Women's Colleges were more likely to choose to engage themselves in integrative activities that lead to deep learning, when compared to students at coeducational institutions.

Recent News about All Women's Colleges:

It is interesting to note that seniors at All Women’s Colleges perceived a lower level of interpersonal support amongst peers in comparison to their counterparts at co-gendered colleges and universities.

However, students at All Women’s Colleges indicated greater gains in understanding themselves and others, general education knowledge, the ability to analyze quantitative problems, and the desire to contribute to the welfare of their community.

It should be noted though, that this set of data and statistics may be indicative moreso of the type of student who attends and All Women's College as opposed to the quality of education provided at such an institution. For example, women who choose women’s colleges may be more predisposed than women who attend other types of institutions to interacting with faculty members and engaging in collaborative learning. Perhaps better said, women at All Women’s Colleges may select these schools because they believe single-sex institutions provide an environment that offers more such opportunities.

In any case, All Women's institutions provide a quality learning environment for female student's across the country and should be considered in any college selection process.